/**
 * TranslationIntf.java
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2009,  Tomislav Milkovic
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */

package extjsdyntran.translation;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * @description Interface for translation service  
 */
public interface TranslationIntf {
	
	//checks for remote translation service availability
	public boolean test();
	
	//creates json array of translations [[ENGLISH:'...', language : '...' ]]
	public String getTranslations(String language);
	
	//translate text to required language from default language (ENGLISH?!)
	public String translate(String text, String language);
	
	public boolean removeLanguageFromCache(String language);
	public boolean appendLanguageFromCache(String language);
	
	//retrieves list of languages in JSON Array format 
	public Properties getLanguages();
	
	//saves languages to properties file
	public boolean saveLanguages(String language);
	
	// load languages from stored files
	public void loadLanguages();
	
	public Hashtable<String, Properties> getLanguagesObj();
	
	public ByteArrayOutputStream compressCache(String language) throws Exception;
	public boolean deCompressCache(byte[]  bin) throws Exception;
	
	public boolean isNewLanguageSupported();
	public boolean isLanguageSupported(String language);
}
